Tiger Woods has 7:35 a.m. tee time Thursday at Honda

Tiger Woods will be paired with fellow Jupiter resident Keegan Bradley and world No. 8 Zach Johnson with a 7:35 a.m. tee time in one of the feature groups of the first round of the Honda Classic Thursday. The trio will also be paired Friday with a 12:35 p.m. start, assuring it will be spotlighted in Golf Channel’s late-afternoon coverage that day.

As is typically the case, Phil Mickelson will have the opposite experience, teeing off at 12:35 p.m. Thursday and 7:35 a.m. Friday. Mickelson, making his first-ever appearance at the Honda Classic since it moved the PGA National Resort in 2007, will be paired with former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell and Jupiter’s Rickie Fowler.

Tee times will begin close to sunup at 6:45 a.m. both days and conclude at 1:35 p.m. With sunset arriving around 6:15, that typically makes it a tight window for all players in the field to finish despite the fact both the No. 1 and No. 10 tees are used.

Rain showers are in the forecast for Thursday, with a 60 percent chance of rain. Aside from a chance of light showers Friday, the rest of the weekend looks promising.

Just before Mickelson’s group begins, another top trio of world No. 2 Adam Scott, 2012 Honda champion Rory McIlroy and former Florida Gator Billy Horschel will tee off at 7:25 Thursday. Defending champion Michael Thompson is paired with Old Palm resident Lee Westwood and Robert Allenby at 7:55.

World No. 3 Henrik Stenson is joined by Sergio Garcia and former world No. 1 Luke Donald, a part-time Jupiter resident, in the group before Woods with a 7:25 tee time on Thursday.